Improvement in clothes-pounders



F. G. CLARKE. CLOTHES-POUND'ER. No.176,9Z8. Patented May 2,1876.

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FRANCIS G. GLARKE,"OF MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND BENJAMIN A. F. GREEIL OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES- POUNDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,928, dated May 2, 1876; application filed 1 April 18, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Partners G. CLARKE, of Mount Vernon, in the State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Clothes-Pound er; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawiug, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section; Fig. 2,

a bottom view.

My invention relates to clothes-pounders, and is an improvement on Letters Patent granted to me on March 28, 1876, and No. 175,240; and

it consists in certain details of construction,

hereinafter more specifically described andv claimed.

In order that those skilled in the art may make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

In the said drawings, A is a sheet-metal hollow truncated cone, havin g at its apex a sockettube, a, which extends down into it until it rests upon and braces a diaphragm, B, which crosses the cone.. From the lower edge of the cone to the diaphragm B is a circular partition, 0, smaller than the lower edge or largest circumference of the cone A, and concentric theret s t r with. Extending from the central cylindrical partition 0 are four wings or partitions, D D,

having their edges securely soldered to the sidesof the cone A, central cylinder 0, and diaphragm B. These parts all serve to form the divisions necessary in a clothes-pounder,

and each one braces the others so as to securely strengthen all.

It is evident that the internal partition 0 may be made to conform in outline to that of the cone A without departing from the spirit of my invention.-

I am aware that heretofore in clothes-pounders radial partitions have been combined with 

